Jay-Z Magna Carta Holy Grail will be released for free on July 4th for the first 1 million Samsung Galaxy devices. The official release date is 3 days later. We posted the tracklist earlier this week but today we also have the features. (more…)

In this interview with Vibe, Swizz Beatz discusses his role in Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail album, the Samsung marketing aspect and more.

“Jay is just ahead of the times. I’ve been working with Jay for 17 years now—which is crazy because I’m only 34,” Swizz explains. “This album represents Jay. It’s like… how do give somebody something authentic that they can go back pull from and give them something that’s ahead of its time? I think he summed that up very well.”

He continues: [Fans] always want to go back to the classics. You always have that hunger of ‘Man, why didn’t he didn’t he just… Man, he’s supposed to…’ It’s always going to be that. For the first time in a long time I think someone solved that problem. He did that with this album. “

Also, Jay-Z is rumored to be negotiating to perform on top of the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City’s Times Square on July 8, the New York Post reports. It would be filmed for “Late Show With David Letterman”. (more…)

For those who don’t own a Samsung Galaxy device, here’s a demo of the Magna Carta Holy Grail app available on Google Play. With this app, the first 1 million users will be able to download Jay-Z’s new album on July 4th, 72 hours before its official release date. More footage after the jump: Jay-Z talks about “Holy Grail.” (more…)